Lynda M. Gonzalez / www.DallasNews.com
On May 11th, a $2 million cleanup at the former Shingle Mountain site was approved to address lead contamination. In 2021, the city of Dallas, Texas, removed years of construction debris from the Floral Farms neighborhood. Concerned about the levels of contamination, local residents called for an environmental assessment and found lead in the soil. The lead in the soil was three times higher than the minimum to clean up the site.
An additional assessment of the property has been started by the Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability (OEQS). Once complete, officials plan to enter the property site into a regulatory cleanup program.